“Why can’t/won’t/don’t millennials talk on the phone?” May 23, 2017 By Lindsey Pollak – Here’s a question I often hear from Gen X and Baby Boomer managers: “Why can’t/won’t/don’t millennials talk on the phone?” Believe it or not, April 25 was National Telephone Day, a designation that probably sounds about as quaint to millennials…Read More

How to keep your brain sharp The brain. The body’s most powerful organ. Only a brain surgeon could fully understand its inner workings or how it does what it does. One thing’s for sure, though: you’ll miss it when it’s gone. With Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia on the rise, ‘brain-training’ is very much…Read More

Interested in learning how to calm your nerves? From CEOs with decades of public speaking experience to first-time job seekers straight out of school, college or university, nerves are undoubtedly one of life’s great levellers. Whether before an interview, presentation or any other stressful event, it’s worth remembering that feeling anxious is a perfectly normal…Read More

How to master the art of listening – Rhode Island OI Global Partners – Lifocus Level One: Avoidance Listening = Listening Over Listeners who listen over others are the people who say, “Uh huh,” while clearly showing no interest in what the other person is saying. They look preoccupied, and they usually are. Sometimes they don’t even stop…Read More

When photographer Arthur Sasse attempted to persuade Einstein to smile for the camera on his 72nd birthday, the prominent genius playfully stuck out his tongue instead. This one snapshot personified Einstein in a way that nothing could – a revelatory intellectual that never took himself too seriously. The photograph revealed Einstein’s humanity and is –…Read More